A daughter's death A family's healing A mother's mission

Photos by Michelle Christenson/Caller-Times Sharon Cave and her fiancé, Jim Sedwick, said their children -- she has two other daughters and a son, he has two daughters -- are healing, too, each feeling the effects of grief in different ways. One daughter avoids a bathroom in her home because it reminds her of her sister. Another steered clear of crowds for a while.

Jennifer Cave's body was found on Aug. 18 in Colton Aaron Pitonyak's apartment in Austin.

Michelle Christenson/Caller-Times Sharon Cave works on her computer at her company, A Different Idea Inc..

Jim Sedwick (left) and Sharon Cave during a recent interview in their Corpus Christi home.

Sharon Cave

Contributed photo Jennifer Cave is pictured in 2005, about a month before her death.